Georgia Code
Part 1 - Emergency Receiving Facilities for Examination of Persons Apprehended Pursuant to Physician’s Certificate, Court Order, Etc
§ 37-3-40. Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities; Reporting; Penalty for Noncompliance

History. Code 1933, § 88-504.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 2021, p. 686, § 1/HB 591.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) through (d).

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Georgia Code

Title 37 - Mental Health

Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness

Article 3 - Examination, Hospitalization, and Treatment of Involuntary Patients

Part 1 - Emergency Receiving Facilities for Examination of Persons Apprehended Pursuant to Physician’s Certificate, Court Order, Etc

§ 37-3-40. Designation by Department of Emergency Receiving Facilities; Reporting; Penalty for Noncompliance

§ 37-3-41. Emergency Admission Based on Physician’s Certification or Court Order; Report by Apprehending Officer; Entry of Treatment Order Into Patient’s Clinical Record; Authority of Other Personnel to Act Under Statute; Annual Reporting

§ 37-3-42. Emergency Admission of Persons Arrested for Penal Offenses; Report by Officer; Entry of Report Into Clinical Record

§ 37-3-43. Procedure Upon Admission; Notice of Proposed Discharge

§ 37-3-44. Giving Person and Representatives Notice of Their Rights Upon Admission to Emergency Receiving Facility